Salt Spring Island Appendix 7, OCP Bylaw No. 434

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Land Development Guidelines
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Land Development Guidelines
for the Protection of Aquatic Habitat
These guidelines were produced by the Habitat Management Division of the Department of Fisheries and
Oceans and the Integrated Management Branch of the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks.
The authors gratefully acknowledge all those people who contributed to the composition of these
guidelines.
Complied and edited by Barry Chilibeck, Department of Fisheries and Oceans,
and Geoff Chislett and Gary Norris, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks.
First Printing:May 1992
Second Printing:September 1993

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS..........................................................................................................3
LIST OF FIGURES.................................................................................................................5
SECTION 1
INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................9
SECTION 2
LEAVE STRIPS......................................................................................................................15
SECTION 3
EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL AND SITE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES................23
SECTION 4
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT............................................................................................45
SECTION 5
INSTREAM WORK.................................................................................................................63
SECTION 6
FISH PASSAGE AND CULVERTS..........................................................................................69
SECTION 7
IMPLEMENTING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES.................................................81
SECTION 8
LAND DEVELOPMENT EXAMPLE.........................................................................................89
APPENDIX I
REGULATIONS......................................................................................................................109
APPENDIX II
SALMONID HABITAT.............................................................................................................117
APPENDIX III
OPERATING WINDOWS FOR FISHERIES SENSITIVE ZONES...........................................123
REFERENCES.......................................................................................................................127

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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2.1
Riparian and Fisheries Sensitive Zones...................................................................................15
Figure 2.2
Riparian Zone Benefits to Aquatic Habitat...............................................................................16
Figure 2.3
Minimum Leave Strip for a Well-defined High Water Mark
in a Residential/Low Density Area...........................................................................................

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